Wichita eagle., 1887-11-29

| Mr.. Haven was very sorry TO learn rom 6
/ letter that he had just received from his
friend in Hartland that l had never re
ceired the bundle; that it had been sent
from the office OF the Hotel Brunswick
and that he himself had handed the pack.
age to the clerk He also stated that the
clerk to whom he had given the package
had left the hotel; but the one in charge
had assured him that no package Of any
kind was ever sent by them TO any express
company without q receipt being taken,
ssnd that he would look it up Mr..
Haven added that he regretted that
some important business matters pre-
vented his either looking up the matter
himself, or calling to see me at the
Brevoort house, IS he was to sail early
the next day. He advised me, as ! was
then on the spot, to go to the headquarters
of the Adams Express company in New
York and state the case and as ! already
had an accurate description of the bundle
il would certainly be found in q short
time. and that was the sum and sub
stance of it.
The next afternoon / was going down
TO Staten Island to a reception, and as
had but two or three days in town, and
was extremely busy, and knew that it
would be SO Tar dow, town unless went
On purpose, l took a carriage TO the ferry,
and on the way down stopped at the
Adams Express company.
/ stated to the first man, who stood
near the doorway and who seemed TO be-
long to the place, that had come to find
n missing bundle, and asked of whom
should inquire. He waived me aside with
a r,1,ifa mi rraet-1-a and said.
You'd better ask one Of the clerks
felt crushed, but tried not to look SO,
and | went still deeper into the gloom and
dust, seeing in the far distance two west-
err windows that seemed to catch some
dim radiance from some source far above.
| went on, and presently a young man
met NE, who appeared to look astonished,
but he was very polite. | said, Il came
10 inquire about missing bundle" and
began my story. He said in the middle
o. my first sentence:
"Will you kindly come this way 20 the
ofice?'
So I followed him.
When | first entered the doors I couldn't
see a man, but suddenly they seemed TO
grow up everywhere Every huge box
seemed TO have head behind it, and they
all had eyes, and they were all looking at
me. / felt very awkward and out Of place,
and for the time being ] wish | never had
been born.
At last we reached a small glass inclosed
space, when my guide opened a pew kind
of door, and said, "A lady about a lost
bundle, and | found myself standing he
fore q man that terrified me sO-and | am
not a tinlid woman-that I haven an
idea what he looked like, except that he
seemed inoffensiye in every way. Flo
offered me a chair. ana | sat down and
tried to make myself believe that this
man was not really the whole Adams Ex-
press company; for this was the reason he
seemed SO terrifying. After q while |
WIGS able to tell him pretty clearly about
my lost bundle.
I accurately described it's appearance
and size, and all I knew about it, and
also all did not know about its contents.
He listened very politely, and then he gave
me blow that seemed to be entirely out
Of rule. He said:
''Have you inquired for it at the Office
Of the Hotel Brunswick
''N-O-o,' said doubtfuIly, t'but l sup
pose Mr.. Haven did
"Ah, yes he said. "Weu, have you
been to the Twenty third street Office? 1t
would naturally have gone there"
mo" I said, II haven't inquired any
where but here. Mr.. Haven told me to
come here
"WeH"
'He didn't say much more; neither did
|. He took my name and address. and
hen he opened the door for me, and said
DC would dc ali in his power to have the
bundle found, and that should hear from
him. And as l walked out it didn't seem
o me that had done much about finding
ny bundle by inquiring at headquarters
The next day | went TO the Hotel
Brunswick, and clerk came up into the
1arlOr and saw me.
BY that time was rather tired Of telling
ny story, and so I went over it as rapidly as
possible. The clerk listened as politely as
he august representative Of the express
'ompany had done, and when had finished
le assured Inc that the matter should at
nee be attended to, and that the bundle !
would certainly be found ''in the near
uU're." was very much impressed by |
hat phrase, Us he probably meant should /
be. He said:
1T stands TO reason that il must be |
ound. We never send away a bundle |
Without taking a receipt
So saying he politely ended, and l got /
myself out on the sidewalk and felt at |
lrst pretty sure Of my bundle, but on .
econd thought l felt somewhat doubtful. /
hey all assured me it would be found,
nd yet-well, I began to feel very doubt
al
TIE npVt dow ! hIrS,n / ;%,ol
Month for an answer 10 my letter to my
lister. But when / did receive 4 letter
rom her ii was not an answer 10 mine,
Which had evidently not reached her. az
he only spoke Of the recent of a letter Of
date some TWO weeks previous.
To make long story short, l may say
hat never got an answer to my letter to
ny sister. She was travelling about. and
er letters were short, and only full of
ally experiences. But It seemed exceed
ngly strange 10 me that she made no al
aston at all 20 the letter about the bun
lie. In each Of my letters to her l spoke
t my letter and asked her 10 tell me
bout 1t; what was in it? was she sure Of
er address' etc
Finally, feeling sure chat that particu-
IT and most important letter had been
Isl, wrote . duplicate of il, as nearly as
could. snd sent il of. In the meantime
had received two letters: one from the
dams Express company, in which they
sd thar they could lind no trace Of the
'st bundle. and also that no receipt could
e found for II either II their books or in :
le Hote! Brunswick
| received also letter from the Hotel
brunswick
1t was Of the same tenor: they had no
cord, they regretted extremely the loss
nd annoyance 10 me and 10 Nj Haven.
hey stated explicitly that re suspicion
mid he attached TO the clerk v 40 had